Monday, November 21, 2011

The House Bunny

The House Bunny tells the the story of Shelley (Anna Faris), a peppy, sunny Playboy model sabotaged by a friend of her’s on her 27th birthday. Unfairly kicked out from Hugh Hefner’s mansion, she finds her way into a new and highly unlikely career as a house mother at Zeta Alpha Zeta, a horrible sorority house full of freaks and geeks, including Emma Stone, American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee and Rumer Willis. Unless Zeta’s unpopular gang of nerd-girls can come up with a plan to recruit 15 new members, its doors will shut forever. Shelly (Anna Faris) proceeds to give the girls, their house, and even their snotty arch-rivals the makeovers they all deserve. That is, when she’s not falling head over heels (quite literally) for Oliver (Colin Hanks).Directed by the stand-up comic-turned-moviemaker Fred Wolf, and written by the pink-powered screenwriting team that brought you Legally Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You and Ella Enchanted, is Hef himself.But Faris’ considerable comic talents and endless frilly outfits fluff this workaday cautionary tale into an easy-watch whirl of sweetness and light colors. It’s not the star vehicle our leading lady truly deserves, but she gamely rides it for all it’s worth. Ken McIntyre Faris’ comic talents make this an easy-watch whirl of sweetness. If you like comedy and stupidity at its finest I suggest you watch The House Bunny, don’t underestimate this movie. You’d be surprised at how great it is, on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest id give it a 81/2.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Paranormal Activity 2


After moving to a new house in California, the new home of Daniel Rey is broken into. Daniel is buys security cameras that are put everywhere inside and outside the house. Soon, the family will realize that robbers are not responsible for the mess inside the house. It might be something even more frightening...
If you enjoyed movies like "The Blair Witch Project", then this movie might be for you. Shot with a perspective point of view. I must admit that I did not enjoy "The Blair Witch Project". I thought it was amateur, not very scary, quite long and boring actually. When presented with the opportunity to watch director's Tod Williams sequel from the first "Paranormal Activity". Unfortunately, it's not the case. The plot of this film is simple and not very interesting. I honestly don't really care since it's not the main purpose of this kind of movie. The big problem is that nothing really scary happens in the first 45 minutes of the movie. It's a long introduction for a movie whose main goal is to scare the audience. There are a few good sequences in the last 15 minutes of the movie, but it was a little too late in my case. I understand the fact that it's important for a film like this one to set up characters, but a few chills along the way would've been nice.